We’re excited to kick off the second week of our Best Neighborhoods series.

As neighborsgo executive editor Keith Campbell mentioned in his note last week, the project runs through June 21 and focuses on different quality-of-life issues across the region.

So each week, we will look specifically at the best neighborhood in Carrollton, Farmers Branch and Addison for a certain category each week, based on a Dallas Morning News data analysis.

This week, we’re taking a look at the area’s best schools, which happen to be in Lewisville ISD, in the northern portion of Carrollton.

For reference, the analysis measured the top schools as those with the most improvement on Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills scores from 2009-11.

You can read all about it in a story by neighborsgo reporter Heather Noel on Page 8, where she focuses on recent improvements at Coyote Ridge Elementary, Arbor Creek Middle School and Hebron High School.

The teachers and principals at those schools share their teaching methods and how they keep students engaged.

“We have seen the engagement go up, the students’ interest increases, and when you have the kids’ interest you definitely are going to keep their attention longer,” Hebron science department head Julie Cone said.

Next week, look for a story about the best neighborhood for empty nesters. And the following week, we’ll focus on the ideal spot for 18- to 25-year-olds. For some of these stories, I think you’ll find the results both interesting and surprising.

New neighborsgo.com

I hope by now you’ve had a chance to visit the new and improved neighborsgo.com.

Now that it’s based on a WordPress platform, you’ll notice it is not only easier to post your stories, photos and events, but you can also link them more easily with social media sites. As an added bonus, you can post from your smart phone and tablet.

I want to thank those contributors who have already begun posting to the new site. Your submissions are much appreciated — and as you’ve heard before, we couldn’t put out our print editions each week without your wonderful contributions.

For those longtime contributors who haven’t been to the new site yet, it’s pretty simple — you’ll just need to reset you password.

If you’re new to the site, you can sign up as a new user. Or, the other option is to use your dallasnews.com ID and password, if you are already a registered member there.

I hope to see your stories and photos on neighborsgo.com very soon. You just might see them in an upcoming print edition.

And if you have any questions about posting to the new platform, I am here to answer them as always.